- Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Buddy Darden, 2006 July 19
- Creator:
- Darden, George, 1943-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Steely, Mel
University of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program - Publisher:
- Carrollton, Ga. : University of West Georgia Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 2006-07-19
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Legislators--Georgia
Elections--Georgia
Apportionment (Election law)--Georgia
Lawyers--Georgia--Interviews
Darden, George, b. 1943--Interviews - People:
- Darden, George, 1943-
Barnes, Roy E. (Roy Eugene), 1948-
Barr, Bob, 1948-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Cleland, Max, 1942-
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Coverdell, Paul Douglas, 1939-2000
Daschle, Thomas
Fowler, Wyche, 1940-
Gingrey, Phil, 1942-
Howard, Pierre
Irvin, Tommy, 1929-
Kahn, Bobby
Kahn, Roger
Lance, Bert, 1931-2013
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Massey, Lewis A.
Majette, Denise L.
McKinney, Cynthia, 1955-
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018
Milner, Guy
Murphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924-2007
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Perdue, Sonny, 1946-
Redwine, Charlie
Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014
Smith, Ben F.
Smith, George T. (George Thornewell), 1916-
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Taylor, Mark, 1957-
Underwood, Norman Lee, 1941-
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
audio/ogg - Description:
- George W. "Buddy" Darden was born in Hancock County Georgia, on November 22, 1943. He received his B.A. from the University of Georgia and his Juris Doctor from the UGA School of Law. A democrat, Darden was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1980. He won a congressional special election in 1983 when U.S. Representative Larry McDonald was killed in the downing of Korean Air flight 007. Darden served on the Standards of Official Conduct committee, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Darden left Congress in 1994 after Bob Barr was elected to his seat and has been working with the Democratic National Convention as well as the law firm of McKenna Long and Aldridge.; Interviewed by Mel Steely on July 19, 2006 at an unknown location.; Darden discusses his loss in the 1994 election to Bob Barr as well as his second attempt to return to Congress in 2002. He discussed the circumstances around Zell Miller's appointment to Paul Coverdell's Congressional seat and Sonny Perdue's unlikely election as governor that year. Darden describes his encounters with President Clinton, sharing stories about jogging with the president.; Darden supported Roy Barnes for governor, he and many others were surprised when Sonny Perdue won the governorship in 2002. In 2002, Darden ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the newly re-drawn 11th congressional District. Phil Gingrey won the election. Darden sees politics moving back to the middle, the parties have been pushing the extremes yet the people are still in the middle.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_phc_darden20060719
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/uwg/phc/do:darden20060719
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [interview title], Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, University of West Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 interview (circa 62 mins.)
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
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